England player ratings: Noni Madueke and Curtis Jones steal show to give Thomas Tuchel huge selection headache

NONI MADUEKE repaid his brag Lee Carsley by inspiring England to a captious triumph implicit Greece.

The Three Lions required a triumph by astatine slightest 2 goals to enactment Nations League promotion successful their hands.

They got disconnected to a imagination commencement erstwhile Ollie Watkins opened the scoring successful the seventh minute, aft Madueke and Jude Bellingham linked brilliantly.

England players were past hit by lasers but they did not fto it impact them arsenic they finished the archetypal fractional connected top.

Greece had a play of dominance aft the interruption and Jordan Pickford kept England ahead, earlier Bellingham took control.

The Real Madrid prima is yet to deed his heights of past play but helium proved people is imperishable arsenic helium bore down connected extremity earlier striking the post, lone for the shot to rebound disconnected goalkeeper Odysseas Vlachomidos and into net.

Curtis Jones past added the 3rd which was the champion of the match, rounding disconnected a superb determination with a delightful flicked decorativeness into the bottommost corner.

Here is however SunSport's Tom Barclay rated the England display.

Jordan Pickford - 8

Back successful aft being dropped for Finland past period - and showed a bully response. Great halt to contradict Kostas Tsimikas astatine the adjacent station and live to information throughout.

Earned his first-ever booking successful 72 England caps for clip wasting successful the archetypal half.

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Kyle Walker - 7

Captain successful Harry Kane’s lack and passionately conveyed his side’s vexation to ref Daniel Siebert erstwhile Pickford was booked. Moved to centre-back aft the interruption erstwhile Ezri Konsa went off.

Marc Guehi - 7

Another coagulated show from the Crystal Palace antheral who you would deliberation would beryllium a first-choice starter for Thomas Tuchel erstwhile the German begins work.

Ezri Konsa - 7

One of respective players targeted by a laser successful the crowd, on with Pickford and Belligham.

Limped disconnected conscionable earlier half-time and was replaced by Lewis Hall astatine the break.

Rico Lewis - 7

Filled successful astatine left-back implicit newbie Hall, earlier moving to the close erstwhile the Newcastle antheral came on.

Almost had his archetypal England extremity aboriginal successful the 2nd fractional but was denied by a good halt from Hall’s club-mate Odysseas Vlachodimos.

Curtis Jones - 9

Sparkled connected debut successful the bosom of midfield, not looking overawed successful the slightest. Played deeper than helium does for Liverpool, but successful the aforesaid presumption wherever helium shone for Lee Carsley successful England’s triumphant Under-21 Euros past summer.

Gorgeous backheel to headdress his bow with the 3rd goal.

Conor Gallagher - 7

Started brightly next to Jones, though gave the shot distant a fewer times aft the break. Booked for stopping a speedy free-kick aboriginal on.

Arrived conscionable excessively precocious to poke successful the rebound from Bellingham’s onslaught arsenic it had already crossed the enactment for an ain goal.

Noni Madueke - 9

A blistering archetypal commencement from the Chelsea antheral who enactment existent unit connected Bukayo Saka’s spot with this performance.

He took connected his antheral astatine each opportunity, astatine pace, and had fantabulous extremity merchandise too, mounting up Watkins’ opener and a header for Bellingham which deed the post.

Jude Bellingham - 8

Some sublime touches and passes from the talisman, including a fantastic shot circular the country to merchandise Madueke successful the build-up to the opener.

Seemed to thrive with gait each astir him and killed disconnected the crippled with his precocious onslaught which deed the station and bounced successful disconnected the keeper.

Anthony Gordon - 7

Provided a menace down the near with his gait and trickery, adjacent if helium was outshone by Madueke. A decent show but not 1 that demanded helium commencement astatine near helping each game.

Ollie Watkins - 7

The astonishment starter implicit Harry Kane. He took his aboriginal accidental well, converting from the borderline of the six-yard box.

Could person had different erstwhile sent cleanable done but the shot got stuck nether his feet.

Subs

Lewis Hall (for Ezri Konsa half-time) - 7

Came connected astatine half-time for his debut and did not enactment a ft wrong.

Harry Kane (for Ollie Watkins, 66) - 6

Had a curling effort good stopped aft exchanging passes with chap sub Morgan Rogers.

Morgan Rogers (for Anthony Gordon, 66) - 8

Some breathtaking touches from the Villa debutant, including 1 to merchandise Bellingham successful the lead-up to the 2nd goal.

Jarrod Bowen (for Noni Madueke, 66) - 7

Clever nutmeg to escaped Morgan Gibbs-White, who past teed up Jones.

Morgan Gibbs-White (for Gallagher, 79) - 7

Cutback for Jones was connected the money.